Junior Golfers Shine in Eric Apperly Shield Pennant

BY NOEL ROWSELL

RICHMOND GC has taken early bragging rights over Penrith GC in the 2023 Eric Apperly Shield Pennant golf competition, winning 4-2 on Sunday afternoon at Cumberland GC.

Reggie Papps, Patrick Murphy, Matthew Gallahar and Tate Chambers all won their respective matches for Richmond, whilst Ryder Jerzyna and Jessica Fog both won for Penrith.

Stonecutters Ridge GC had an impressive 6-0 win over Royal Sydney at St Michael’s GC, whilst Lynwood CC was soundly defeated 4.5-1.5 by The Australian GC (Blue) at Castle Hill GC. Camilla Kim (Kellyville) played for The Australian Blue and Connor Hamilton (Penrith) for Lynwood.

Brielle Mapanao (Quakers Hill) had a 2&1 win for The Australian GC (Red), in its 4-2 win over Pymble, Coby Carruthers (Jordan Springs) had a tie in Concord Blue’s 3.5-2.5 win over Oatlands, Tyler Nesci (Leonay) had a 6&5 loss and Ti Fox (Richmond) had a runaway 7&6 win, both playing for Concord Red, in their team’s 4-2 win over Monash.

Penrith will host Section 4 this Sunday, with Penrith playing Cumberland at 11:12am, Pymble vs Bonnie Doon at 11:30am and Richmond vs The Australian Red at 11:48am.

In Section 5, Stonecutters Ridge will play Pennant Hills at Cronulla GC.